haplography
/hæpˈlɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
haplography noun: accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell.
Noun
haplography (countable and uncountable, plural haplographies)
- Accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell.
- In the apparatus of Trounce's edition, dittography occurs at line 266, haplography at line 352, and there are numerous erasures and corrections within the text.1999, Elaine Treharne, “Romanticizing the Past in the Middle English Athelston”, in The Review of English Studies, Oxford University Press
Forms of haplography
| plural | haplographies |
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Origin of haplography
From haplo- + -graphy.
Words that rhyme with haplography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about haplography
- What does haplography mean?
- Haplography means accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell.
- What part of speech is haplography?
- Haplography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce haplography?
- Haplography is pronounced /hæpˈlɒɡ.ɹə.fi/.
- What is the plural of haplography?
- The plural of haplography is haplographies.
Words near haplography in the dictionary
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